MIRACLES IN BOLOGNA

Ciao tutti!!! I hope that everybody is doing well and enjoying life. This last week in Bologna has been a great week for the Sorelle woo! So the family that was invited to church 2 weeks ago by our super brava famiglia of Africans in our ward are now investigators! And unfortunately they didn't come to church on Sunday because Basirat, the mother, was sick, but our first lesson was so powerful, and we are seeing them again tomorrow! And their kids are the CUTEST! I can't pronounce their names for anything though.

Then on Tuesday we got another new investigator! Her name is Ayisat, and she is a friend of Basirat, our new investigator. We went to see her on Tuesday, and we hiked for 15 minutes on the side of a busy highway in the pouring rain with 2 African women and 2 babies to get to her house from the train station and I thought we were gonna die. Not to scare anyone! But she's very nice, and Basirat was there with her kids. Unfortunately, we weren't really able to teach because we were bombarded by drunk Romanians with weird questions about Mormons, which everyone here thinks are Amish, btw. So that was annoying but a fun experience and we are hoping to get her to church on Sunday! We just gotta convince one of our members to bring her which will honestly be hard but I'll send President Allen to their house if I need to.

So yeah this week was awesome for the work! We got 3 investigators, and the STLs got 2 and a baptism date! So we have been working so hard because before this none of us had progressing investigators. And President has told us since the beginning of the transfer and then at interviews last week that he might have to close this coppia here. So we are hoping now that the work is going that we are not going to get closed because I don't wanna leave Bologna! But whatever President does will be fine. But I'd prefer to stay haha.

Yesterday we had zone conference, which is a delight as always. President and Sorella Allen are the best!! We got some good advice and stuff. And it's also fun to see the other missionaries. (:

I just want to testify of the truth of this Gospel! I have studied it a lot on my mission and taught the Restoration, and every time I teach it, I feel the Spirit testify that it's true. No matter if crazy African kids are running around or whatever is going on, whenever we teach Joseph Smith and the First Vision, the Spirit calms everything. I know that this church is the One True Church and I am not ashamed or nervous to say that it is! I love you all and want to encourage you to keep growing your testimonies through daily prayer and scripture study! We can choose to float through the Gospel, or we can grow a strong foundation! And trust me, the latter is better! Vi voglio bene! 

Sorella Henderson

Pic 1: when you have to wait for 20 min for a bus in the rain, you get an Italian hot chocolate

Pic 2: our investigator's daughter Lodila!! (We are all soaking wet from our hike in the rain to their house)

Pic 3: Sorella Mitchell playing torte in faccia hahahaha
Pic 4: Bologna zone (2-7-18)